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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Old English axian (“ask”); see ax for more.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
aks (third-person singular simple present aks or akses, present participle aksing, simple past and past participle aksed)
- (dialectal, now chiefly West Africa, African-American Vernacular, MLE and Irish English) To ask.
- 1865, William Stott Banks, A List of Provincial Words in Use at Wakefield in Yorkshire[1], London: J.R.Smith, page 3:
- AKS, ask.
- 2004, Larry Dean Hamilton, A Gathering of Angels, page 132:
- Another thing, kid, don't aks me no more questions tonight.
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aks n (singular definite akset, plural indefinite aks)
Inflection[edit]
Declension of aks
Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch aex, from Old Dutch *acus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aks f (plural aksen)
Descendants[edit]
Jamaican Creole[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
aks
- ask
- 2013, Loron-Jon Stokes, Citizen Class 5, →ISBN, page 267:
- “"Mi cyan gi'e teh yeh deh t'ings yeh aks fuh [...]”
- I can't give you the things you've asked for.
- Aks Teddy ef 'im a guh a farin nex' week.
- Ask Teddy if he's going to the USA next week.
Further reading[edit]
- Richard Allsopp, editor, Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, 1996 (2003 printing), →ISBN, page 20
Nigerian Pidgin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
aks
Tsimshian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aks
Verb[edit]
aks
References[edit]
- John Asher Dunn, Sm'algyax: A Reference Dictionary and Grammar (1995, →ISBN
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aks (definite accusative aksi, plural aksler)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- aks in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
Westrobothnian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse ax, from Proto-Germanic *ahsą.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aks n (definite aks’e, definite plural aks’a)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Dutch actie, German Aktie, from Latin āctiō (“action.”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aks n (definite aks’e, definite plural aks’a)
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lindgren, J. V., “ax n., aktie n.”, in Orbok över Burträskmålet, page 7, 2
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fältskytt, Gunnar, 2007, Ordbok över Lövångersmålet, →ISBN, →ISBN, page 159
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Marklund, Thorsten, 1986, Skelleftemålet: grammatik och ordlista : för lekmän - av lekman [The Skellefteå speech: grammar and vocabulary: for laymen - by a layman], →ISBN, page 206
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